Muharrem UÇAR, Hakan YAREN, Recai OĞUR, Ahmet KORKMAZ

Koruyucu hekimlik yönü ile mustard grubu kimyasal savaş ajanları

Kimyasal Savaş Ajanları dünyadaki tüm engelleyici çalışma ve anlaşmalara rağmen halen gerek asker gerek sivil toplumu ciddi şekilde tehdit eden bir saldırı şeklidir. Kimyasal savaş ajanlarının ve bunların en önemlisi olarak kabul edilen Sülfür Mustard (SM)’ın gerek kolay elde edilebilirliği gerekse ucuzluğu halen büyük bir tehdit olmasının en geçerli nedenleridir. Dünyada SM maruziyetine uğramış binlerce insan başta solunum sistemi rahatsızlıkları olmak üzere ciddi problemler yaşamaktadır. SM’ye bir kez maruz kalmış bireyler on yıl sonra incelendiğinde, solunum sistemi problemleri (%42.5), göz problemleri (%40) başta olmak üzere ciddi sistemik bulguların halen devam ettiği gözlenmiştir. Maruziyete uğrayanlar uzun yıllar çalışamaz durumda yaşamakta ve erken ölümler meydana gelmektedir. Halen bir antidotu ve/veya kesin bir tedavisi olmayan SM maruziyeti, ülkemizin içinde bulunduğu jeopolitik konum gereği tüm asker ve siviller için ciddi bir tehdit olmaya devam etmektedir. Ülkemizde bu konuda yapılan çalışmalar kısıtlıdır. Sülfür mustard konusunda yapılacak deneysel çalışmalar korunma stratejileri ve antidot geliştirilmesine yardımcı olacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Solunumla maruz kalma, Kimyasal savaş, Mustard gazı

Mustard group chemical war agents from preventive medicine perspective

Although many preventive efforts and treaties, chemical warfare agents have still been a severe assault form against both military and civilian individuals. The most important chemical warfare agents sulphur mustard and others are easy to handle and cheap those the important reasons to accept sulphur mustard as a chemical warfare agent. Many individuals attacked by sulphur mustard have severe health problems such as respiratory system diseases. After ten years of sulphur mustard exposure, several health problems such as respiratory tract problems (%42.5), eye problems (%40) and other systemic diseases have been observed to insist on induviduals when examined. Exposure of even single sulphur mustard exposure has been seen to result high level of disability and early deaths. In spite of the fact that there is no available antidote and/or remedy against sulphur mustard exposure, our country has an incremental chemical assault threat for both military personels and civilians because of its jeopolitics position. Experimental studies regarding sulphur mustard toxicity will be helpful for novel preventive strategies and antidot devolepment.

Keywords:

Inhalation Exposure, Chemical Warfare, Mustard Gas,

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